OttawaThe Domtar sawmill in Maniwaki, Que., will again close indefinitely next month, with the company partially citing U.S. lumber tariffs.Mill also closed for several months earlier this yearCBC News · Posted: Sep 03, 2025 4:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour agoDomtar’s Maniwaki sawmill in December 2024, around the time of an earlier temporary shutdown. The mill will again cease operations next month. (Mathieu Deroy/CBC)The Domtar sawmill in Maniwaki, Que., will temporarily close again next month.The company, which acquired the mill when it bought Resolute Forest Products in 2023, confirmed Wednesday to Radio-Canada that the indefinite closure will begin Oct. 10.It cited difficult market conditions and U.S. softwood lumber duties, which rose to more than 35 per cent last month.About 120 workers at the mill lost their jobs in a previous closure that started in December 2024. The mill reopened for about 50 hours a week at the start of June.About 3,800 people lived in the western Quebec community as of the 2021 census.With files from Radio-Canada’s Nelly Albérola and Anne-Louise Michel
Domtar to suspend operations at Maniwaki, Que., sawmill in October
